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# Tracing **(FREE)**
# Tracing (DEPRECATED) **(FREE)**
> [Moved](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/42645) from GitLab Ultimate to GitLab Free in 13.5.
> - [Moved](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/42645) from GitLab Ultimate to GitLab Free in 13.5.
> - [Deprecated](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/346540) in GitLab 14.7.
WARNING:
This feature is in its end-of-life process. It is [deprecated](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/346540)
for use in GitLab 14.7, and is planned for removal in GitLab 15.0.
Tracing provides insight into the performance and health of a deployed application, tracking each
function or microservice that handles a given request. Tracing makes it easy to understand the
